The [https://db.torproject.org/machines.cgi Tor computing infrastructure] currently exists on a handful of physical machines located in the USA and Germany. These machines were acquired through donations and purchases over the past six years. They are showing their age. We have a number of virtual machines located in Iceland. We have a small set of dedicated servers we rent monthly located in Germany. This infrastructure has grown organically.
# 2013 System Infrastructure Upgrade Project
## Overview
The [Tor computing infrastructure](https://db.torproject.org/machines.cgi) currently exists on a handful of physical machines located in the USA and Germany. These machines were acquired through donations and purchases over the past six years. They are showing their age. We have a number of virtual machines located in Iceland. We have a small set of dedicated servers we rent monthly located in Germany. This infrastructure has grown organically.
== Proposal ==
## Proposal
The proposed plan is to use a private cloud solution by our current provider.
== Timeline ==
## Timeline
The final deployment date of the new cluster is TBD based on the provider. Current estimate is April 2014 for production-ready. Working backwards this means a series of deadlines for each ticket:
